Sunday, September 20, 2009

Fox News Boycott: Working to Promote Truth and Integrity in Broadcasting + Glenn Beck Loses 11 More Sponsors


Racism is now surfacing in a powerful way for what I believe to be a profound opportunity for each of us to embrace taking responsibility, healing, and transformation. Let's join hands to seize the moment and increasingly work toward creating a nation and world that works for all. Peace ~ Molly

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Glenn Beck Loses 11 More Sponsors
More companies have bailed on Glenn Beck’s show on Fox News Channel, including big names such as Discover, Capital One, Infinity and Mercedes-Benz!

Eleven new companies whose ads were recently seen during Beck’s program—Binder & Binder, Capital One, The Dannon Company, Discover, HSBC, ICAN Benefit Group Insurance, Infiniti, Jelmar (manufacturer of CLR All-Purpose Cleaner), Jordan McKenna Debt Counseling Network, Mercedes-Benz and Simplex Healthcare (creator of the Diabetes Care Club) —have pledged to ColorOfChange.org to take steps to ensure that their ads don’t run on Beck’s show. Fifty-seven companies have now committed not to support Beck’s show since ColorOfChange.org launched its campaign four weeks ago after the Fox News Channel host called President Obama a “racist” who “has a deep-seated hatred for white people” during an appearance on Fox & Friends.

“We applaud those companies that have recently pulled their support from Beck,” said James Rucker, executive director of ColorOfChange.org. “There are at least 57 companies who will not tolerate Beck’s race-baiting comments and we will continue to reach out to those who are still supporting him.”

Read more: http://foxnewsboycott.com/fox-news/glenn-beck-loses-11-more-sponsors/#ixzz0Rg5OtTXg

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From Color of change website:
What Is ColorOfChange.org?
ColorOfChange.org exists to strengthen Black America's political voice. Our goal is to empower our members—Black Americans and our allies—to make government more responsive to the concerns of Black Americans and to bring about positive political and social change for everyone.

Read more: http://colorofchange.org/about.html

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Stop Glenn Beck's race baiting
Fox's Glenn Beck recently said President Obama is "a racist" and has a "deep-seated hatred for white people." Beck is on a campaign to convince the American public that President Obama's agenda is about serving the needs of Black communities at White people's expense. It's repulsive, divisive and shouldn't be on the air.
Join us in calling on Beck's advertisers to stop sponsoring his show.
» Add your voice now!

Read more: http://colorofchange.org/

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The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.
~ John F. Kennedy

It is one thing to show a man that he is in error, and another to put him in possession of truth.
~ John Locke

I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.
~ Margaret Mead

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